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Female poverty and intrahousehold inequality in transition economies : an unequal distribution of resources within the family is a special concern for female poverty
Piccoli, Luca - 2017
Transition to a market economy is accompanied by a period of greater economic uncertainty. Women are likely to suffer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011618198
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Female poverty and intrahousehold inequality in transition economies : an unequal distribution of resources within the family is a special concern for female poverty
Piccoli, Luca - 2023
Transition to a market economy is accompanied by a period of greater economic uncertainty. Women are likely to suffer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014289583
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Chapter 12. Gender Inequality
Ponthieux, Sophie; Meurs, Dominique - In: Handbook of income distribution : volume 2, (pp. 981-1146). 2015
The chapter examines how the various dimensions of economic inequality between men and women are analyzed today. Beyond the gender wage gap—a central issue—and of course the still far from equal sharing of housework, the chapter also reviews research on gender inequality in access to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025339
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How (not) to make women work?
Goraus-Tanska, Karolina; Tyrowicz, Joanna; Van der … - 2018
stagnant in transition economies. Admittedly, employment equality among genders was initially much higher in transition … countries. We exploit this unique evidence from transition and advanced countries, to analyze the relationship between the … not explained away by transition-related phenomena. We argue that the observed divergence in time trends reflects a level …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011863381
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How (not) to make women work?
Tyrowicz, Joanna; Van der Velde, Lucas; Goraus-Tanska, … - 2018
stagnant in transition economies. Admittedly, employment equality among genders was initially much higher in transition … countries. We exploit this unique evidence from transition and advanced countries, to analyze the relationship between the … not explained away by transition-related phenomena. We argue that the ob-served divergence in time trends reflects a level …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011880503
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Gender gaps in time use : pan-European evidence from school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic
Elsner, Benjamin; Jindal, Manvi; Mascherini, Massimiliano; … - 2024
We study the impact of school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic on the time allocated to paid and unpaid work within households. We use panel data from 27 EU countries and isolate the impact of school closures by comparing parents and non-parents. We find no evidence that school closures had...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014582292
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Unpaid work and gender gap patterns in Colombia
Ospina-Cartagena, Vanessa; García, Andrés - 2020
Gender inequality is much more than wage gaps. Indeed, one interesting case is how individuals allocate time among different activities such as paid work, unpaid work and domestic work. This paper aims to quantify gender inequality in the time use in unpaid care and home activities and to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012299952
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Economic incentives, home production and gender identity norms
Ichino, Andrea; Olsson, Martin; Petrongolo, Barbara; … - 2019
We infer the role of gender identity norms from the reallocation of childcare across parents, following changes in their relative wages. By exploiting variation from a Swedish tax reform, we estimate the elasticity of substitution in parental childcare for the whole population and for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012018378
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The gender gap in informal child care : theory and some evidence from Italy
Barigozzi, Francesca; Cremer, Helmuth; Monfardini, Chiara - 2019
Our model studies couples' time allocation and career choices, which are affected by a social norm on gender roles in the family. Parents can provide two types of informal child care: basic care (feeding, changing children, baby-sitting) and quality care (activities that stimulate children's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012029133
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Economic incentives, home production and gender identity norms
Ichino, Andrea; Olsson, Martin; Petrongolo, Barbara; … - 2019
We infer the role of gender identity norms from the reallocation of childcare across parents, following changes in their relative wages. By exploiting variation from a Swedish tax reform, we estimate the elasticity of substitution in parental childcare for the whole population and for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012030192